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Matter of Johnson

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 30, 1965
213 N.E.2d 889 (N.Y. 1965)

Opinion

Argued November 24, 1965

Decided December 30, 1965

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, JOSEPH A. COX, S.

James Allan Bernson for petitioner-appellant.

Joseph G. Blum, in person, Louis Haimoff and Edward Greenbaum for Joseph G. Blum, special guardian for Michael Brennen, an infant, appellant.

Shirley Cherin, Victor Jacobs, pro se, and Robert E. Steinberg for Victor Jacobs, special guardian for possible unborn issue of John H. Brennen, III, respondent.

Gustave W. Kvalden for Swedish Home for the Aged, Inc., respondent.

Pierre J. Sherry and Edward V. Dodd for Swedish Hospital in Brooklyn, respondent.


Order reversed, with costs to all parties appearing separately and filing separate briefs payable out of the trust estate, and the matter remitted to the Surrogates' Court, New York County, with direction that the will be construed to include the adopted child, Michael Brennen, as a qualified remainderman of the trust. ( Matter of Park, 15 N.Y.2d 413.)

Concur: Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, FULD, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, SCILEPPI and BERGAN.


Summaries of

Matter of Johnson

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 30, 1965
213 N.E.2d 889 (N.Y. 1965)
Case details for

Matter of Johnson

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Estate of EMMA D. JOHNSON, Deceased. ALEXANDRA D.K…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 30, 1965

Citations

213 N.E.2d 889 (N.Y. 1965)
213 N.E.2d 889
266 N.Y.S.2d 808

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